Results tagged “Heath Ledger” from Access Hollywood
Having just submitted the below posting about Rob passing on
the exclusive photos of the apartment in which Heath passed away -- I walked
over to the stage, got my suit on, and while I was doing make-up, I heard this:
"Inside the Hotel room where Anna Nicole died." It
was coming from the mouth of Tony Potts, who has been covering Anna Nicole
since day one.
I ran into the control room where I found Rob and I asked,
"What's the difference?" He replied, "a year."
I said, "It's still the same thing."
He held strong and since he has ultimate approval as to what gets on the air at Access, I backed away. That train had left the station.
I understand his point to a degress, but I still, personally, file it in the, "Gross -- leave it alone," column.
I am sitting in our Executive Producer's office, where he
answers all calls on speaker phone -- he just got one from our photo editor who
said there is an agency out there looking to sell exclusive photos of the
apartment Heath Ledger died in to a news magazine.
She was gauging his interest. My ears perked up; I peered
over my computer monitor, which faces his. I watched as he did the right thing.
He said 'No' -- too exploitive, and -- gross.
I wonder if it will pop up somewhere else?
If it does, they should get a big break on the price, because there's not competition.
”Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider” ran a promo tonight for their Heath Ledger drug use video, which they "reportedly" (love that lawyer enforced word) bought for a couple hundred thousand dollars. A still frame of this video which shows Heath apparently doing cocaine ran on the east coast feed of “ET,” but on the west coast feed, the tasteless still shot was replaced with a shot of someone's feet (Heath’s, I guess). The voice over by Mary Hart had not changed, however. She still spoke of the incriminating scene and still promo'd the full video tomorrow.
Yes, the still shot was just a taste. Tomorrow is Day 1 of the sweeps ratings period.
Gross. Totally gross.
And add to that some predictability:
”ET” and “The Insider” higher ups released this tonight:
"Out of respect for HEATH LEDGER's family, ‘Entertainment Tonight’ and ‘The Insider’ have decided not to run the Heath Ledger video which has been circulating in the world media,"
"Out of respect" — Oh my. How about, "in response to a letter of outrage, written by Heath's publicist, circulating the industry hotter and faster than nude Brangelina photos could, we have decided to duck and run here.” That would be refreshingly honest.
